LWN: Debian Sarge Freezes | Linux Today

LWN: Debian Sarge Freezes

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 4, 2005

“Anthony Towns has committed a minor change to the britney
script which manages updates of packages to testing, and as a
result packages are no longer being accepted into testing without
hand-approval by a member of the release team.

“Wait, that didn’t come out quite right. Let’s try again.

“Sarge is now frozen! Wheeeeeee…!!!”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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